New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-26
RUIN OA USED BY THE THAW.
RIVERS GORCED AND LANDS OVERLOOKED.
FAMILIES DRIVEN FROM THEIR HOMES by THE
RISING WATERS.

FAMILIES DRIVEN FROM THEIR HOMES by THE
RISING WATERS.
rBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBuNE.l
AMSTERDAM, N. Y, JAN 25.-The rains Of Sunday
and Monday caused general breakup Of the great
body of ice in the Mohawk River At O'Clock last
evening the water began to rise and overaowed
Its banks. About 10 p. NJ the ice broke The water,
instead of forming channel gorged the ice this
city The ice is solidy packed and extends the entire
width of tho river for several miles, The water unable
to follow the Of the river was driven back and
flowed over the lowlands At IL o'clock rapid rise
was noticed In short time had risen eighteen feet
above the ordinary level. Long before daylight hum
dreds Of people lined the river bank and much terror
prev allied among the and children The Central
sas. an% E Gn s'f
out into the cold. Several factories along the rver
bank were inaccessible except by boats The damage
to unfinished goods and to machinery reaches thou
sands Of dollars Hundreds persons are idle in conse-
quence.
At Port Jackson village. the opposite bank, the
damage by the food was great The streets were mum
dated and boats piled to and fro tbrOughou the day
and night transferring people to points OF safety
During the day the river has fallen several feet No
thoughts Of another rise are entertained while cold
weather lasts. The water in the Mohawk River has
been high in this place in the memory Of the
oldest inbabitant rs It was at 2 o'clock this morning
One episode of the food the from drowning
of family in Port Jackson. David Severance with his
wife and several small children occupied apartments in
frame building. The family awoke when the rising
drowning they reached the upper aoor tore OF some
boards and shouted for assistance. Rowboats con-
veyed them away In safety
At Frankfort $4,000 damage was done
Mr. Decker, of Newyille started for Indian Castle
yesterday but had not proceeded far down the Castle
Creek Valley when an unusual sound caused him to
turn his head, and he beheld sight which filled him
with dsmay. Ice, fence rails and debris. borne upon
the swollen waters, almost upon him. lie rened
his horse from the main road TO the higher land on the
right but despite the frantic edorts Of and beast
tbaf raptayy pf Aovp hpm L
ter to fragments Mr. Decker hung the reins upon the
horse and to reach the hillside alone. He was
swept against bar bed wrc fence and clngng desper-
stey to this managed to work his way through to a
place of safety not however. without sustaining many
severe and painful injuries. The harbs OF the fence
tore and laceraed his flesh in frghtful manner The
horse was carried twenty-five thirty rods down the
stream where Landing was effected.
CoHoEs. n. Y, Jan. % (Speeial.-The ice from the
Mohawk this point crowded into the Hudson at Lans-
ingburg at about o'clock this morning breaking the
solid ice at that poin, and making noise Ke the descent mt
the state opposite the mouth OF the MOHAWK was pract
cally destroyed
wILKRsBARRg Jan. 25.-JThe Ice gorge in the susque
hanna River at this point remains unmoyed since yester
day The has been rising steadily and has reached
twenty above the low water mark This evening the
low lands the side flooded The malls on the
Delaware Lackawauna and Western Railroad 70 and
from here are being transferred at sson ana S
river is twenty-one feet above low water marx me
encroachng upon the yards OF many houses ana
cellars being flooded
PORT JERvIs. n. Y, jan 25.-Last night the Ice In
Lackawaxen Creek broke up aud gorged at Hawley.
Penn part OF the village flooded and the
Erie round house had water IN II four feet deep putting
out the fires in all the engines. The gorge gave way TO-
day at and the water rapidly receded The Ice IN
tho Delaware gorged at RosetoSn three miles south OF
this place this morning flooded the farming country
10 an extent never at that point The most
disastrous Cochecton. the Erie Rail
road. The Ice broke up at yesterday at Hancock
and at o'clock last nj ht IL eorgcd at Big Eddy which
about seven miles below CochecOn and rapidly Hooded
back until Cochecton reached. since that time the
entire lower part OF the village, containing twenty nye
small houses, has been under water.